Purpose

This study aims to examine the relationship between ethical leadership and project success directly and indirectly through psychological empowerment along with the moderating role of Islamic work ethic.

Design/methodology/approach

Using a time-lagged design, data were gathered from 202 employees working in project-based organizations of Pakistan. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the distinctiveness of variables used in the study.

Findings

Consistent with the cognitive evaluation theory, the findings supported the hypotheses other than the moderating role of Islamic work ethics between psychological empowerment and project success. The results confirmed that ethical leadership promotes project success directly and indirectly via psychological empowerment. Furthermore, theoretical and practical implications are also discussed highlighting the importance of ethical leadership for researchers and practitioners.

Originality/value

Literature is insufficient on the topic of ethical leadership in the project management domain with the effect of Islamic work ethics and psychological empowerment. Therefore, the current study explored unanswered research questions in the project management domain.

中文翻译：

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巴基斯坦项目组织中的道德领导：心理赋权和伊斯兰职业道德的作用

目的

本研究旨在通过心理赋权以及伊斯兰职业道德的调节作用，直接或间接地检验道德领导与项目成功之间的关系。

设计/方法/方法

使用时滞设计，从在巴基斯坦基于项目的组织中工作的 202 名员工收集了数据。验证性因素分析证实了研究中使用的变量的独特性。

发现

与认知评估理论一致，研究结果支持了除伊斯兰职业道德在心理授权和项目成功之间的调节作用之外的假设。结果证实，道德领导通过心理授权直接和间接地促进项目成功。此外，还讨论了理论和实践意义，强调了道德领导对研究人员和从业者的重要性。

原创性/价值

在伊斯兰职业道德和心理赋权的影响下，关于项目管理领域的道德领导主题的文献不足。因此，目前的研究探索了项目管理领域中未解决的研究问题。